Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes

• The four major record labels are launching a new digital album format with which they hope to take on Apple. (Via)
• Video of a drill-powered rubber band machine gun in action. (Via)
• An Ewok riding a shark. (Via)
• Jedi Obama. (Via)
• Are magnetic slot cars the transportation of the future?
• 6 reasons to jailbreak your iPhone.
• Apparently the Earth is constantly humming, and now scientists think they've found out where the noise is coming from.
• Researchers have developed a way to use the sound a fingernail makes while scraping over textured material as a computer input. They've also turned iPhones into remote controls for military drones.
• Another round of the Best Superhero Move of All Time tournament.
• Kathryn Bigelow's next project will be Triple Frontier, a "high-stakes ensemble project" set in the border zone between Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil, which is apparently a mecca for organized crime.
• A new trailer for New York, I Love You. We definitely like the soundtrack, and the cast. (Via)
• The cast of The Three Stooges continues to change. It looks like Paul Giamatti is now playing Larry, Benecio Del Toro is still on for Moe, and Curly is currently unknown. Meanwhile, the cast of Wall Street 2 is looking pretty impressive.
• Tweet Blocker looks like a good way to fight Twitter spammers.
• Some cool custom toys: reimagined Avengers, a Mumm-Ra Munny, and a bunch of neat Mighty Muggs. (Via)
• Hey, cake is awesome!
• An interesting look at how even comic legends like Jim Steranko often got their work censored in odd ways. (Via)
• The tiniest Neo Geo arcade cabinet ever.
• Amazon's got a pretty great deal going on now through the end of the month on video game trade-ins.
• The next Mortal Kombat installment will apparently "revolutionize online play."
• What is it about rock music video games and videos involving Rubik's Cubes? Here's a promotional spot for Brütal Legend where the soundtrack is officially announced, and it takes so long to list all the bands and songs that there's time to solve a Rubik's Cube.
• An upcoming World of Warcraft expansion will supposedly include two new playable races.
• Joystiq has more details on Guitar Hero 5, and also has hands-on reports about the game in general, and the Roadie Battle Mode in particular.
• Sci Fi Wire has more on the new V and the new Nightmare on Elm Street, not to mention Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.
• Eli Roth talks about his upcoming project, a sci-fi movie called Endangered Species, and why it might end up being rated PG-13.
• Seth MacFarlane talks about the next Family Guy Star Wars spoof.
• Beware! The script for Cowboys & Aliens is finished.
• How not to wash a car.
• Creepy surgical masks.
• A fireplace in a box.
• The likelihood of this year's five Hugo nominated novels getting turned into films.
• Sounds like Wolverine 2 might already be in development, and will probably center on the character's time in Japan.
• Nike G.I. Joe sneakers.
• Amusing Whedonverse needlepoint work.
• A source as believable as Edward James Olmos himself claims that Edward James Olmos has joined the cast of The Green Hornet.

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